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FINANCE

ERG 'must improve savings'

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 August 2014

The Government’s efficiency taskforce needs to improve some of its processes behind how it calcul...

WHITEHALL

Car fleets to go electric with £5m funding

By MJ reporter | 01 August 2014

The Government has announced a £5m scheme to help Whitehall departments go green and start using ...

WHITEHALL

Minister's pledge for fairer school funding

By MJ reporter | 01 August 2014

Schools minister David Laws has pledged to make schools funding fairer in the next Parliament.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Cities partnership calls for new powers and freedoms

By MJ Correspondent | 01 August 2014

The Core Cities group has launched a new partnership with the eight local enterprise partnerships...

IMPROVEMENT

Palestinian flag ripped down amid storm of criticism

By MJ reporter | 31 July 2014

A Palestinian flag flying at Tower Hamlets LBC has been ripped down after drawing an angry response.

Plan to form body for Northern City Regions

By MJ Correspondent | 31 July 2014

A Council for Northern City Regions could be formed by the five combined authorities to help reba...

Relations strained over care

By MJ Correspondent | 31 July 2014

Better Care Fund changes lead to sector-wide calls for joint inquiry.

Scrapped committee will save council £45k/year

By MJ reporter | 30 July 2014

Redbridge LBC has scrapped its regional planning committees and delegated future decisions to off...

CQC case leaves sector on alert

By MJ Correspondent | 30 July 2014

An ‘unusual’ legal case could have implications for local government.

IMPROVEMENT

Mayor's victory to face election court inquiry

By MJ Correspondent | 30 July 2014

An election court will sit to judge whether independent Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman’s victo...